14 November 201314 November 2013 Favorable Feedstock Costs Can Drop Cellulosic Sugar Prices as Low as $0.26/kg Improved enzyme technology will also be critical to making bio-based fuels and chemicals from cellulose competitive with those from corn and sugarcane, Lux Research says
FKuR nimmt neue Compoundieranlage zur Herstellung von Biokunststoffen in Betrieb Biokunststoff-Pionier errichtet hiermit bereits die dritte Compounderlinie von KraussMaffei Berstorff
Hemp replaces styrofoam: Austrian Climate Protection Award 2013 goes to Naporo Common development with Capatect to result in environmentally friendly alternative to mushrooming insulation of buildings
Hanf ersetzt Styrofoam: Naporo für Klimaschutzpreis 2013 nominiert Am 11. November 2013 wurde von ORF und Lebensministerium der diesjährige Klimaschutzpreis vergeben. Jubel bei Naporo und Capatect
More, not less yield is the best way to meet global demand for more food Only way to ensure the sustainability of world agriculture is through ‘low input’ farming
Biomasse in Österreich: Papierindustrie ärgert die Waldbesitzer Die Subventionen seien „abseits wirtschaftlicher Überlegungen“ zu sehen, sagen die Forstwirte
13 November 201323 March 2014 Zeoform: A New Plastic That Turns Hemp Into Almost Anything What if plastic could be made without using fossil fuels and toxic chemicals? An Australian company has done just that, with a new type of plastic that can turn hemp fiber into pretty much anything
Axens, IFPEN and Michelin join forces to create a synthetic rubber production channel using biomass BioButterfly process to produce more environmentally-friendly synthetic rubber
Arkema at Hong Kong Optical Fair 2013 with two new Rilsan® Clear polyamides grades G850 Rnew and G120 Rnew - for specific customer needs
U.S. EPA gives AkzoNobel Green Chemistry Designation for Dissolvine GL Design for the Environment label helps consumers find the safest detergents and cleaning products
SGB and Yulex Partner to Double Guayule Rubber Yield Through an Accelerated Breeding Platform Company to identify genetic markers that represent increased rubber yield and use that to produce new cultivars
U.S. Legislative Climate Creating Opportunities for Bioplastics Industry Cereplast to supply resin for manufacture of food serviceware and compostable trash bags
BP Reveals Step-out Routes to Acetic Acid and Ethylene with all-new Technologies Hummingbird® is a newly developed proprietary process dehydrating ethanol to produce ethylene
Vom Acker statt aus der Fabrik: Natürliches Süßungsmittel Stevia soll 2016 endgültig marktreif sein Feldversuche der Universität Hohenheim sollen langfristige Ertragszahlen liefern, Laborversuche die gesundheitliche Unbedenklichkeit beweisen
Germany’s CAP subsidies to favour small farmers, greening Small and medium-sized farms will get extra support, while larger producers will receive fewer funds
12 November 201312 November 2013 EU lässt Monsantos „Super-Mais“ zu Kommission empfiehlt Ministerrat den Anbau von Pioneer-Mais 1507 in Europa
Packaging trade group says Germany has no need for bag ban A German packaging trade group is criticizing media reports that highlight problems related to plastic bag disposal
HP Compounding Technology – individuelle Komplettlösungen für alle WPC-Aufbereitungs- und Anwendungsprozesse Unternehmen bietet neben Compounder und schlüsselfertigen Granulieranlagen weltweiten Ersatzteilservice sowie Spezialkomponenten an
The blame game Renewables experts, oil refiners trade barbs on impact of rising renewable fuel mandates
CelluForce finalist in Global Cleantech Cluster Association 2013 Awards CelluForce represented on the prestigious list of the world's top Cleantech companies
11 November 2013 Neues Forschungsprojekt gestartet Alternativmaterial zu weichgemachten Vinylchloridpolymeren aus nachwachsenden Rohstoffen
Carbon Dioxide-To-Chemical Processes Poised For Commercialization European firms seek to convert early gains into market opportunities
EU in new push to revive the carbon market EU diplomats today agreed to begin talks on a legal text to slash permit supply and prop up carbon prices in the bloc's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), marking a big step forward for the divisive proposal
Spain leaves out foreign producers in biodiesel quota for next two years Non-European producers not included despite import according to WTO rules
USDA Announces Cool Planet and the Bioenergy Alliance Network of the Rockies Receive $10 Million to Develop Sustainable Biofuels from Beetle-Killed Wood Common project to quantify the greenhouse gas benefits from using dead trees
Creating Bio-Oil from Wood Chips a Reality at Battelle Pilot-scale, mobile catalytic pyrolysis technology turns one ton of wood residue, other biomass into bio-oil
INRO – Initiative on Sustainable Provision of Raw Materials for the Material Use of Biomass Production of foodstuffs and fodder to be globally audited as well to avoid displacement effects
Italian Minister for the Environment, Andrea Orlando: Pushing the Green and Bioeconomy to Come Out from the Crisis Ecomondo 2013: International conference on bio-based industry opened its doors in Rimini, Italy
Building eco-friendly straw homes – panel by panel The EU-funded project EUROCELL and University of Bath are paving the way to using straw bale as a building material
Metabolix reports net loss of $7.3 million for Q3 2013 Launched new compostable resin and performance additive products and achieved new technical milestones in biobased chemicals platform
8 November 20138 November 2013 Gevo proves commercial-scale isobutanol production with corn mash Company's yeast biocatalyst, the GIFT system performing in line with forecast expectations
Idaho scientist turns manure into bioplastic Bacteria to convert fermentation products to polyhydroxyalkanoate, or PHA
Chempolis and ONGC to team up for the production of cellulosic ethanol and biochemicals from non-food biomass Joint venture targeting at larger production of sustainable biofuels in India
Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials gets to work at Chemelot Future research programmes have been detailed in a strategic plan
Greenwood Venice – Queen of Eco Design achieves 1st prize for sustainable Development 2013 This years prize renewed in three categories: eco-design, eco-agricultural activities and start-ups
DSM joins LIPA-Team to develop series production of advanced thermoplastic composites parts Joint development of an industrial production process for the manufacture of continuous-fiber-reinforced advanced thermoplastic composite parts
U.S. legislative climate creating opportunities for bioplastics industry Cereplast expected in 2014 earnings amounting to several million for the production of food service ware and compostable trash bags
Trade bodies pour cold water on EU bag plans European plastics industry trade bodies have expressed doubts about new proposals from Brussels to limit the number of plastic bags in use across the region
Kein Verbot von Tragetaschen in Deutschland Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen e.V. sieht Optimierungsmöglichkeiten von Entsorgungssystemen einiger Meeresanrainerländer
Neue Norm-Entwürfe zur Sauerstoffaufnahme und Sauerstoffdurchlässigkeit von Verpackungen Fraunhofer IVV erarbeitet zwei neue Norm-Entwürfe zu E DIN 6139-2 und E DIN 53380-5
7 November 2013 Beijing Shougang LanzaTech New Energy Science & Technology Company Earns Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) Certification LanzaTech's Joint Venture With Shougang Jingtang Iron and Steel United Company and the Tang Ming Group, Earns First-Ever RSB Certification for Waste-Gas to Biofuel Process
Biome Bioplastics serves up compostable coffee pods Biome Bioplastics has helped to develop a biodegradable coffee pod, offering one of the first sustainable packaging alternatives in the single-serve market
Milliardenförderung für Bioökonomie in Europa Biobased Industry Consortium (BIC) soll Rahmenbedingungen für die europäische Bioökonomie verbessern helfen
Bioökonomie als Teil des Stundenplans Bundesministerium stellt Lehrern Unterrichtsmodul über Herstellung von Alltagsprodukten aus Naturstoffen zur Verfügung
Global map provides new insights into land use UFZ researchers show the complexity of land use by mapping its common patterns
Government of Canada partners with industry to develop innovative materials for cars and houses NRC and industry to turn biomass into plastics and composites
High performance at low temperatures leads EcoPaXX from DSM to success in Salomon’s snowboard binding Bindings on test in real-life conditions for a year have performed extremely well
NatureWorks Commercializes New High-Performance Ingeo Grades for Durable Goods Manufacture Three new Ingeo™ biopolymer grades from NatureWorks enable a breakthrough in cycle time reduction and higher heat performance for biobased injection molded and extruded durable goods
6 November 20139 September 2021 Das nova-Institut wächst – Nutzen Sie Ihre Chance! Wir suchen Biowerkstoff-Experten/innen mit Schwerpunkt Märkte für bio-basierte Kunst- und Verbundwerkstoffe, eine/n Ökobilanzierer/in und eine/n Betriebswirt/in im Projekt-Controlling/Financial Officer